Scott Gottlieb

Scott Gottlieb (11 June 1972-) was Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration from 11 May 2017, succeeding Robert Califf.

Biography
Scott Gottlieb was born in East Brunswick, New Jersey in 1972, and he worked as a healthcare analyst at the investment bank Alex Brown & Sons in Baltimore after graduating from Wesleyan University. He went on to work for the Food and Drug Administration from 2002 to 2003 and from 2005 to 2007, and he worked in the private sector from 2007 to 2017 as a venture partner for New Enterprise Associates. In 2017, he became Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration under President Donald Trump, and he planned to regulate nicotine levels in e-cigarettes, which he described as becoming an epidemic among America's youths. On 5 March 2019, he announced his resignation as FDA commissioner, saying that he wanted to spend more time with his family.